Johnny Hanks
New Zealand boxer
- Born
- 6 December 1934, Auckland
- Died
- 3 March 2013
- Citizenship
- New Zealand
- Sport
- boxing
- Discipline
- lightweight, super featherweight, featherweight
- Occupation
- boxer
Johnny Hanks (6 December 1934 – 3 March 2013) was a professional boxer who on 14 June 1954 became the New Zealand featherweight champion, and on 16 May 1955 the New Zealand lightweight champion. Trained by Ron Grimmer who also trained Manny Santos and Toro George. Hanks was considered one of the most powerful super featherweight punchers in New Zealand.
Ranked third best super featherweight New Zealand all-time greats.
External links
Facts from Wikidata Q6266855 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.
Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.